B&T Extra: Gianmarco Soresi, Musicals, & Fake Bear attacks

Summary

Episode Summary: B&T Extra – Gianmarco Soresi, Musicals, & Fake Bear Attacks

Podcast Information:

• Title: The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
• Host/Author: The BOB & TOM Show | Cumulus Podcast Network
• Description: A nationwide blend of comedy, talk, news, and sports aired from 6 to 10 AM EST. Subscribers can access the entire show and additional content through B&T Extra.
• Episode: B&T Extra: Gianmarco Soresi, Musicals, & Fake Bear Attacks
• Release Date: January 8, 2025

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1. Welcome and Introduction

[00:30 - 01:46]
Christopher kicks off the episode by introducing the segment as part of B&T Extra, highlighting the guest comedian Gianmarco Soresi and the topics of musicals and fake bear attacks. The hosts, Tom and Pat, join Christopher to delve into the main discussions, setting a lighthearted and engaging tone for the episode.

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2. Guest Introduction: Gianmarco Soresi

[01:46 - 06:46]
Tom and Pat introduce Gianmarco Soresi, providing a glimpse into his background and heritage.

• Heritage and Name Pronunciations:
  Gianmarco shares his Italian and Jewish heritage, humorously addressing the frequent mispronunciations of his name.

  Gianmarco Soresi (02:09): "I grew up Maryland. Potomac, Maryland."

  Pat (02:21): "And we used to call that the Nuremberg Room, which was not correct, by the way."

• Challenges with Names:
  The conversation shifts to the difficulties Gianmarco faces with his name, often being mistaken for more common Italian names or mispronounced entirely.

  Gianmarco Soresi (04:18): "Well, I get a lot of Giamarco, Scorsese. I get that a lot. And my line would be like, listen, if my last name was Scorsese, I wouldn't be performing in this basement with you idiots shirt."

• Similar Experiences:
  Jess Hooker shares her experience with her last name, adding to the theme of name-related humor.

  Jess Hooker (05:27): "No, it's my married name. My maiden name is Prosser and so the kids used to call me Jesse Prostitute."

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3. Diving into the World of Theater and Musicals

[06:46 - 15:54]
The discussion transitions to Gianmarco's passion for theater and musicals.

• Theater Background:
  Gianmarco recounts his experiences in musical theater during high school and college, highlighting his favorite roles and the challenges of adapting musicals into films.

  Gianmarco Soresi (09:14): "No, no, I. I mean, I. I did a little basketball, and I still remember my high school basketball coach. He always used to tell me, you miss 100% of the shots you take."

• Dream Roles and Aspirations:
  Gianmarco expresses his dream roles, mentioning iconic characters like Salieri from "Amadeus" and discussing the complexities of portraying such characters.

  Gianmarco Soresi (14:20): "Gosh, I think Salieri and Amadeus."

• Challenges in Musical Adaptations:
  The hosts debate the difficulties theaters face when transitioning musicals to movies, referencing "Rent" and "Wicked" as examples.

  Gianmarco Soresi (15:07): "Rent... They. They. It takes so long to get that play into a musical, and they try to get the original leads to keep the momentum."

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4. Life in New York and Stereotypes

[15:54 - 17:27]
Gianmarco shares his experiences living in New York City, addressing common stereotypes and misconceptions.

• Living in New York:
  He describes his life in Harlem and the Lower East Side, countering negative stereotypes about the city.

  Gianmarco Soresi (16:12): "I was in Harlem for a very long time, and I've been on the Lower east side for, like, four years now, so I. I'm a New Yorker."

• Dealing with Stereotypes:
  Gianmarco humorously recounts an encounter with a Tennessee taxi driver who stereotypes New York as crime-ridden.

  Tom (16:23): "When my agent said I had a gig in Chattanooga, I Googled, what country is Chattanooga? And then I fired my agent."

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5. Fake Bear Attacks and Insurance Fraud

[17:40 - 19:38]
Pat introduces a bizarre news story about individuals staging bear attacks for insurance fraud in California.

• Operation Bear Claw:
  The California Insurance Department uncovered that four LA residents impersonated bear attacks using bear suits to defraud insurance companies, amassing nearly $142,000.

  Pat (17:45): "They are doing this dressed in a bear suit. Officials noted the footage was captured in the exact same location..."

• Hosts' Reactions and Jokes:
  The hosts humorously critique the scheme, questioning the logic behind using luxury cars in fraud and the practicality of perpetrating such scams.

  Gianmarco Soresi (19:12): "I want to see these."

  Pat (19:22): "In other words. Yeah. If you're to do separate vehicles, do them in separate places with a separate looking bear."

• Conclusion on the Fraud:
  They conclude that the operation was poorly executed, leading to the capture of the perpetrators.

  Pat (19:16): "In other words. Yeah. If you're to do separate vehicles, do them in separate places with a separate looking bear."

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6. Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

[19:38 - 21:01]
Christopher wraps up the episode, directing listeners to catch the show on various platforms. The episode concludes with a brief mention of sponsor messages, which are outside the scope of content-focused summaries.

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Notable Quotes:

• Gianmarco Soresi on Name Challenges:

  "I get a lot of Giamarco, Scorsese...if my last name was Scorsese, I wouldn't be performing in this basement with you idiots shirt." [04:18]

• Jess Hooker on Last Name Humor:

  "My maiden name is Prosser and so the kids used to call me Jesse Prostitute." [05:27]

• Gianmarco Soresi on Musical Adaptations:

  "They try to get the original leads to keep the momentum." [15:07]

• Pat on Fake Bear Attacks:

  "If you're to do separate vehicles, do them in separate places with a separate looking bear." [19:22]

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Key Takeaways:

• Identity and Heritage: The episode highlights the complexities of maintaining one's cultural identity amidst frequent name mispronunciations and societal stereotypes.

• Challenges in Theater: Gianmarco's insights shed light on the struggles of translating stage musicals to film and the importance of authentic casting.

• Humor in Everyday Topics: The hosts effectively use humor to discuss serious topics like identity and bizarre news stories, making the conversation engaging and relatable.

• Bizarre News Stories: The fake bear attacks story serves as a comedic yet critical look at insurance fraud schemes and their often flawed execution.

This episode of B&T Extra offers a blend of personal anecdotes, professional insights into the world of theater, and lighthearted commentary on unusual news, all delivered with the signature humor of The BOB & TOM Show.

Transcript

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[Christopher]

Welcome back. It's another Bob and Tom extra. This is Christopher. Not only is the Bob and Tom show live every weekday morning, but every afternoon. We'll give you a little extra in case you missed anything. Coming up on the show today, comedian Gianmarco Cerisi. Plus musicals and fake bear attacks. It's coming up in just a minute.

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[Christopher]

The Bob and Tom show is still trying to wake up. In the meantime, more Bob and Tom Extra.

[Tom]

Tom, we have a very special guest with us. Pat's here as well.

[Pat]

Yeah, we got Pat Godwin behind the glass. We used to call that the Nuremberg Room, which was not correct, by the way. There was no glass at that trial. Mr. Godwin has moved back there because in the hot seat we have Gianmarco Cerese.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Hello.

[Pat]

How did I do?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

It's beautiful.

[Pat]

Now, where did you grow up?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I grew up Maryland. Potomac, Maryland.

[Unknown]

Not in Italy. Darn it.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I know I'm much more Jewish than I am Italian just to get that out there.

[Pat]

So what? So dad was Italian.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Dad's, like a little Italian.

[Pat]

Okay, a little.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And Mom's just Jewish. And they gave me this name and my dad raised me. He. He acted like I was 100% Italian.

[Tom]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And. And I, I, I, I, I did, you know, the DNA. And it's, I guess in like, the 1930s, my, my great grandpa Luigi, his real name. My great grandpa Luigi and my great grandma Donkey Kong, they immigrated. Little island of Nintendo. For a second, you thought it was real. You're like, oh, you're Sicily.

[Pat]

Yes, we are. We're morons. You'll believe anything and now your name, you, it's John Marco, but you spell it G I, A N, M A R, C O. So everyone must just assume that you're, you know, right off the boat.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Right off the boat, Italians, they come up to me, they say, bonjour, no commez va. And I'm like, no, no, no. I don't speak to Italians.

[Pat]

Now. We're friends with Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia, the great comedian who's on tour right now. He's got a great new show I just saw, and I've seen it a coup when the first time he came in here, he pointed out that his name probably should be pronounced Berbelia.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Sure.

[Pat]

But as a young comedian getting introduced, historically, he had a whole roster of mispronunciations of his name. It would be, you know, Bohuski, et cetera, et cetera. So eventually we had a whole set of jingles introducing him with the incorrectly pronounced name, which, if I could dig them up, they'd be very humorous. But I'm.

[Tom]

All right, we're talking to our guests now.

[Pat]

No, no, because I'm getting to a point here. I'm working with Philistines. John Marco, I'm getting. My point is he has a crush.

[Tom]

On Birbiglia, and we try to get him to be.

[Pat]

I know you had to have suffered as a young comedian being introduced. We've got Guillen, Marco, Cerizus. I mean, I can't imagine people got it.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Well, I get a lot of Giamarco, Scorsese. I get that a lot. And my line would be like, listen, if my last name was Scorsese, I wouldn't be performing in this basement with you idiots shirt. I get a lot of Giancarlo. It's AI. But I don't care. You got to let that go.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Name stuff. No one likes that. No one likes. If you go, hey, it's actually this, I just go with it. People have known me for years. They still call me Giancarlo, and I'll never correct them. I let someone else do it. I just wait, it's not Giancarlo.

[Pat]

Yeah. I'm just a little bit intimidated. But I would say in contemporary culture, in the world of, say, news, it's gotten a lot looser. People are actually using their real names. You go back 60 years and everybody had a fairly. A fairly simple name.

[Unknown]

They even Christy Lee.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Jess Hooker]

Mine is very real. Yeah. When people ask, I. I always have to say it twice. They're like, Jess Hooker. Hooker, yes. Like the prostitute. And that's how I clear it up. Yeah. And there's, they don't think it's Booker or anything.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Were you made fun of in school?

[Jess Hooker]

No, it's my married name.

[Pat]

You're being too nice to yourself. Tell them the truth.

[Jess Hooker]

My maiden name is Prosser and so the kids used to call me Jesse Prostitute. Very clever. And then I married a hooker.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Wow.

[Jess Hooker]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Now to be fair, she also sleeps with people for money. It didn't all just have to do with her name.

[Pat]

So going from prostitutie to hooker.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Pat]

So what, they call you like John Carlos Sasso?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Sure. Yeah.

[Pat]

Oh, sorry.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

No, they, they, well my dad, apparently my dad, he was like, he, he, he was a fighter. He would, you know, punch people and they called him crazy Seresi.

[Tom]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And that's how I know I'm different because when I was in high school people just called me Seresi. So gazy.

[Pat]

See, kids are so nice.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Pat]

Wow. But I, I, I would just. Did anyone early on suggest that you change your name?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I had a manager in the beginning who said, you need to change Jewish.

[Tom]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And they were like, we're going to get you meetings with network heads and you're going to walk in, they're going to expect Jamarco and you're going to be like, I'm Jamarco. And I said no. And I, I'm glad I said no because they got me none of those meetings. Give me the meetings first and then we'll talk about the name change. We're not going to go the other way.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

So.

[Pat]

Yeah. But I've noticed especially the news people now, they've got somewhat awkward names and sometimes they should change them.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Like the guy named Spunt. You know that guy?

[Tom]

Yeah, but that's, look, we are, we're children.

[Jess Hooker]

Yeah.

[Tom]

So most people here.

[Pat]

Mr. Spunt. Mr. Vagina.

[Unknown]

Right, right. Josh, most people wouldn't think twice.

[Tom]

Right? Yeah. They don't have our ridiculous brains.

[Pat]

The awkward hyphenated names.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Does Hooker, does it, is it start from like, was it an old fishing thing like back in the day?

[Jess Hooker]

No, I think it's actually what I've been told is there, there was a general hooker and he was known for being quite the ladies man. And, and when he would come to town, they would be hooker's women. They would all seek him out. They'd want to spend the night with him.

[Tom]

Is that right?

[Jess Hooker]

Yeah, there's, there is a memorial to him somewhere on the east coast.

[Pat]

That sounds like it's Been sanitized. I'm wondering if. If he was. If he had prostitutes there for his.

[Jess Hooker]

Troops and they were called women.

[Pat]

Oh, my gosh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

That's how.

[Jess Hooker]

That. I think that.

[Tom]

I always assumed it's because they were hooking men.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Right.

[Unknown]

Pulling them in.

[Jess Hooker]

I think it was actually a last name. Isn't that interesting? Was. Yeah. Associated with prostitutes.

[Pat]

Now, Mr. Oskay, Mr. Oscar, your real name is some unpronounceable.

[Asher Housekenowski]

Asher Housekenowski.

[Tom]

That's true. Yeah.

[Pat]

Say it again.

[Asher Housekenowski]

Asha Housekanowski.

[Pat]

Wow. Is that your dad's name or did he change it?

[Asher Housekenowski]

That's my grandfather's name. When he came over from Poland. He changed it.

[Pat]

Okay. What? Nice to see both. Sorry.

[Tom]

You ask him what time does he bowl?

[Pat]

What night does he bowl?

[Tom]

Sorry.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Tuesdays.

[Tom]

Oh, that's not. That's not funny.

[Asher Housekenowski]

I find that offensive. Tuesday night.

[Pat]

We'Re ignoring our guest. Tall, slender man, wears glasses they can't see.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

You know, Slenderman. Is that. That's like a creepy poster? Yeah, it's like a monster. The Slender Man.

[Pat]

I'm sorry.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. Lanky. I prefer lanky.

[Pat]

One of my sons just went to that. Went to that bridge. There's some.

[Unknown]

The Slender man bridge.

[Pat]

Yeah. There's Isn't.

[Tom]

There's a Mothman bridge.

[Pat]

Mothman bridge. Sorry, I get my.

[Unknown]

Oh, Mothman.

[Pat]

My fake horror things.

[Unknown]

Very moving.

[Tom]

Cryptozoology.

[Pat]

Yeah, of course. That's a fine science. You're a tall, thin fellow. Thank you. Now, were you an athlete, and did you play basketball?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

No, no, I. I mean, I. You know, I did. I did a little basketball, and I still remember my high school basketball coach. He always used to tell me, you miss 100% of the shots you take. But, no, I was terrible at sports. I was more of a theater kid.

[Tom]

Oh, yeah, me too.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Tom]

What was your favorite role, Lil?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Oh, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors.

[Tom]

Oh, that's fantastic. I always wanted to play Oren Scravello.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Oh, you'd be a great Orin.

[Tom]

Perhaps we could have some sort of theater thing.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. I think if both our lives take a terrible turn of events, we could definitely do a production of Lotion Paducah.

[Tom]

Community Theater or something.

[Pat]

Now, let me ask you this. I've got a couple favorite stage plays. Of course. West side Story. I've actually seen it on Broadway. Yeah, if you were in west side Story, a jet or shark or Maria.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Well, I think these days, based on my race, I would be a jet.

[Pat]

You think so?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I think if I was a shark, people would be Kind of upset. Yeah. They'd be upset with whatever makeup I would have to use to fit all along.

[Pat]

Well, I mean, in the movie, of course. We all know that George Shakaris. Greek, not Puerto Rican.

[Tom]

Of course. Yeah, right.

[Pat]

Everyone knows that.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

When did that movie come Academy Award win? That's the exact right question.

[Pat]

Ignore the classics. That's fine.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Who did Al Jolson play?

[Pat]

Ironically, a white Officer Krupke.

[Tom]

Yeah, they got that one rolled, right?

[Pat]

Yeah. Finally.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Finally.

[Pat]

Yeah. That's. So you guys are comparing theater kid roles.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

What was your last role?

[Tom]

My last acting role. The theater role was Greece. I was Kiniki.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Oh, nice.

[Jess Hooker]

I didn't know that.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Did you ever do that one?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

No, I didn't do. Do Grease. We did, like, weird. We did weird. We did musicals. Honestly, we should not have. We did Pacific Overtures.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Which is. It's a Stephen Sondheim musical. That's. That should be played by an all Japanese cast.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And we had. I think we had, like, the. The director, just to be sensitive, found the one Chinese student at her school and put them in the show, which feels more offensive, hon. So we did that Little Shop of Horrors. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

[Pat]

There's a classic. So you sing?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah, yeah, I sing.

[Tom]

Don't be coy.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I've only been booked to sing professionally three times in my entire life. And they were all for my grandparents funerals.

[Pat]

Oh, you got one left then, eh?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah, I know. I'm calling it My Farewell Tour. The doctors say my last show could be any day now.

[Tom]

What song did you sing?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I did. It's a song called the Cuddles Mary Gave. Very, very sweet song.

[Pat]

Is this a Yiddish thing or.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I think it might be. It might be Irish. I don't even know. It's from a show called A Man of no Importance. I've never done the whole show. Just.

[Pat]

Just the one tune.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Just the one tune.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Unknown]

At all three of the funerals, the same song?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown]

Okay.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

It was a good reminder that my grandparents were in a better place.

[Pat]

No. Would anybody complain? I've already seen this show. What the hell? We're gonna get a new day. I saw his comedy show. Same thing you did last week.

[Tom]

Hey, when you gonna turn over the act? Yeah, when's the new hour?

[Pat]

New material? For God's sake, Are we done insulting our guest? Okay, well, this is. This is interesting. So you're. Let's see, you're from the greater Maryland area, blah, blah, blah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Pat]

I tell you, high school, college, you go to College over there.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I went to the. The University of Miami for musical theater.

[Pat]

The one in Florida.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

The one in Florida. Miami University is the one in Ohio.

[Pat]

I'm aware of that. We had. We had a news story last year. Remember this? Some guy. Some guy from. I forget where.

[Tom]

Eastern Europe.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Pat]

He's so excited because he was going to Miami and he arrived in Ohio.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

That's really. He really.

[Pat]

Absolutely.

[Asher Housekenowski]

Yeah. He applied to the wrong college.

[Pat]

He couldn't believe how cold it was. Yeah, they're both very fine universities.

[Unknown]

Yeah. But one has an ocean.

[Pat]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if there's a theater program at the one in Ohio. I don't know, but sure.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I don't know if there was one at University of Miami either.

[Pat]

So you attended class about as often as I did.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah, I mean, I went, but, you know, musical theater degrees. My classes were called things like movement and voice and other things I had already studied as a baby.

[Pat]

How did your parents feel about paying for that? For that?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I, you know, they, they, they. They weren't paying ATT enough attention to know what a mistake they were making. And I sold it. You know, I said they. They had regular. They had some regular ac. Like, they had a class called Accounting for Actors.

[Unknown]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Which was like. It was like, basically regular accounting with a focus on negative numbers. The first lesson was how to file for unemployment. That's come in handy.

[Pat]

This is all true. John. Marco Cerezi is our guest. He's a very funny guy.

[Tom]

Do you have a dream role, something that you just love to play?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Gosh, I think Salieri and Amadeus.

[Tom]

Oh, wow.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. To do a play and then dream acting role. There's a musical called Falsettos, which is really cool. And I like Marvin.

[Tom]

Okay, cool.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Very obscure, not very fun. That's the dream.

[Tom]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Pat]

Too old to do Evan Hansen.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I mean, they tried with that guy in the movie. They. They. Whoever played it, who played it. What's his name?

[Pat]

Yeah, yeah. But, yeah, you got it. Basically, a great play. Not a good movie.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Well, yeah, well, they tried. I auditioned to play his friend for that movie, and I remember being like, he's supposed to be 18. You know, I'm 31st. And. And I went for that audition and I saw. What's his name?

[Unknown]

Ben Platt.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Ben Platt. And then I tried to get him to do it, but it was. He was. He was too old. He was too old. And they tried to. And I was like, oh, that's why they had me for the friend. They wanted to make him look young. They do that a lot with musicals. They. They. It takes so long to get that. That play into a musical, and they try to get the original leads to keep the momentum. And they did that for Rent. They did it for Rent, and everyone was way too old. And that's why for Wicked, thankfully for Wicked, they said, well, it's 20 years. We can't have.

[Jess Hooker]

I'm so excited.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Pat]

They.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I'm nervous. Musicals are hard to make into movies. It's tough. You either nail it or you don't. And you know it. The second they start singing. I was in the movie theater for Rent at one of the premieres, and, like, the second they start singing, you could hear people giggle.

[Unknown]

Oh.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

And you're like, oh, it feels corny. It's not gonna work now.

[Pat]

Now, Pat, you're also an actor. How old are you, Pat? Maybe you and John Marco.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

It was between him and Ben Platt for the lead.

[Tom]

My dad's a professor of musical comedy. Taught at Notre Dame and King's College in Wilkesbury.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. Really?

[Tom]

And I grew up with that major also.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yes. Oh, very cool.

[Pat]

You York now?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I live in New York now.

[Pat]

You like the city? Where do you. Are you in Manhattan? Brooklyn. Where are you?

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I was in. I was in Harlem for a very long time, and I've been on the Lower east side for, like, four years now, so I. I'm a New Yorker.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah. People. People talk. People talk crap about New York around. Around the. The country. Sometimes. We're kind of like a. I was. I was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and I was in this taxi, and he asked me where I was from. I said, new York. And I mean, he gasped so loud, it almost startled the horse. And he was. He was like. He was like, I hear New York is filled with crime. And I was like, you know, I've heard about Chattanooga. Nothing. When my agent said I had a gig in Chattanooga, I Googled, what country is Chattanooga? And then I fired my agent.

[Pat]

So you don't get that New York attitude on us. Yeah, we've been through that. We probably should get a couple news stories out of Christy Lee. We had the one about the.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

The.

[Pat]

The head that rolled up on shore.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yes.

[Pat]

And where was that? That was in.

[Unknown]

That was in Key Biscayne, off of a human head.

[Pat]

Just ahead.

[Unknown]

Barrier island off of Miami.

[Pat]

They ain't got no body.

[Jess Hooker]

So was it somebody just walking the beach in the morning and it was there.

[Tom]

A worker.

[Asher Housekenowski]

A beach worker.

[Unknown]

A beach worker cleaning the beach.

[Pat]

Wow.

[Asher Housekenowski]

He's a really big rake.

[Pat]

You're lucky he was attentive because it probably did look like kind of a hairy coconut. Probably. He could have just taken those tongs, tossed it in there. That's a weird looking coconut, but yeah. Do you think so you think it's some drug deal?

[Unknown]

Probably. I would think if there's ever in.

[Pat]

Your head, you gotta. You gotta have a tool for that.

[Jess Hooker]

I don't know if anybody requests that as a way to die, you know, like, hey, when I go chop my head off, throw me in the ocean.

[Tom]

I mean, it seems like a cartel move, doesn't it?

[Unknown]

Sure, yes.

[Pat]

Fairly common at sea.

[Unknown]

Well, you dump your head somewhere else.

[Asher Housekenowski]

It could have been the whole body and that. That's all that's left after the munching?

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

No, but.

[Asher Housekenowski]

They probably start at the toes and work up. Right.

[Pat]

Wouldn't it be a clean cut? In theory.

[Unknown]

How do we know it wasn't a clean cut? We don't know.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Do you think if you put it to your ear you can hear the ocean?

[Tom]

I'd like to think he tried that.

[Pat]

They did try to resuscitate it once again, but it didn't work. What do you got over there?

[Unknown]

In California, the authorities arrested four people for allegedly staging multiple bear attacks as part of an insurance fraud scheme. In what is dubbed Operation Bear Claw, the California Insurance Department said four LA residents allegedly defrauded three insurance companies out of nearly $142,000 you have.

[Asher Housekenowski]

You can't have a cop operation name it after a donut. Really? Yeah.

[Pat]

Sorry.

[Tom]

Well, they were so successful with Operation.

[Unknown]

Custard filled stuck with a separate video submitted to the insurance company showed a bear damaging a Rolls Royce and two Mercedes. Officials noted the footage was captured in the exact same location outside of a residence.

[Pat]

There's your. There's your first mistake.

[Unknown]

Idiot does that.

[Pat]

In other words. Yeah. If you're to do separate vehicles, do them in separate places with a separate looking bear.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

They are doing this dressed in a bear suit. Officials noted the footage was captured in the exact same location in the department had a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife look at the videos and concluded it was clearly a human.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I want to see these.

[Tom]

I know. I like to think that if the bear walks up with a little fob and opens the door.

[Pat]

The other aspect of this that gets me is the cars which say it was a Rolls Royce.

[Unknown]

They're all luxury cars. And two Mercedes. Yeah.

[Pat]

And these people are having to do insurance fraud. I mean, if you can afford them. These cars cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Tom]

Maybe they can't.

[Pat]

Maybe they can't afford them, can't make the payments. So get Louis to put on the bike.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

I don't know the cost of a full bear suit. Those things cost a lot.

[Asher Housekenowski]

I'd like to think there's two ends. Like two people had to play the bear. Like one was the ass head and one was the head. They jumped in the car.

[Unknown]

After executing a search warrant, detectives found the bear costume in one of the suspects home.

[Gianmarco Ceresi]

All right.

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